Monday, June 2, 2008

Special Issue of the International Journal of Organizational Analysis

Shaping Our Unscripted Future with Service-Learning: When Technology, Globalism, and Community Engagement Collide

Paper submission deadline is September 26, 2008.

The goal of this special issue is to provide IJOA readers, as well as service-learning authors and practitioners, with an overview of the application and outcomes of service-learning as a teaching tool in today's rapidly changing environment. This special issue will explore the strengths and challenges of service-learning practice in the context of our unscripted future - with a specific focus on the interrelationships between technological advances, global access and interest, and community engagement. Topics will include not only how service-learning is being applied as a tool to explore and understand complex environments but also why service-learning is being used in terms of leveraging educational opportunities into desired outcomes for students, universities, and community members. Our goal is to expand the current literature in directions that reflect today's global, diverse, interconnected, and uncertain organizational environments.

For manuscript submission guidelines, see: www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/ijoa/notes.jsp

Authors are strongly encouraged to contact either of the two guest editors, Amy Kenworthy-U'Ren (akenwort@bond.edu.au) or Laurie DiPadova-Stocks (ldipadovastocks@park.edu), to discuss possible submissions. Early submissions are encouraged.